3 results for month: 12/2010
Middle School Boobies
Once again, America's finest school administrators have decided to attack student speech by banning the wearing of pink bracelets to promote breast cancer awareness that are emblazoned with the phrase "I [heart] Boobies." And once again, these people seem to be concentrated in the great state of Pennsylvania.
In the first case to challenge such a ban, two girls attending an Easton, Pennsylvania, middle school contend they have the right to engage in silent speech about breast cancer in a way that will be relevant and engaging to their peers.
According to the Legal Intelligencer:
the bracelets are distributed by the Keep A Breast Foundation, a ...
Tolerating Consensual Incest
No death penalty here folks. Last week, Columbia University professor and Huffington Post blogger David Epstein was charged with having a sexual relationship with his 24-year-old daughter.
Joining such notable perverts as pedophile photographer Matthew Mancuso and child rapist Patrick Kennedy, Epstein was described by one of his students as a "very nice guy" who was recently placed on administrative leave. According to the New York Daily News, Epstein and his child had a three-year sexual relationship and often exchanged "twisted text messages."
Too bad Epstein didn't commit his crime in Florida where Masha Allen's father, Matthew Mancuso, was ...
Can Child Pornography Prevent Child Sex Abuse?
A controversial study published today in the Archives of Sexual Behavior suggests that free and legal child pornography can prevent child sex abuse. University of Hawaii professor Milton Diamond reviewed a study finding that the rate of child sex abuse fell dramatically in the Czech Republic when child pornography was legalized in 1990. Apparently researchers observed a similar phenomenon with the decriminalization of child porn in Denmark and Japan.
According to Diamond, "in those three countries where child porn is legal the sex abuse against children is very low and it has gone down compared to when it was illegal."
Diamond said child pornography ...